In message <20080801124845.GZ1359_at_server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>, Peter Jeremy writes : >On 2008-Aug-01 13:40:53 +0200, Ed Schouten <ed_at_80386.nl> wrote: >>One of the most important things I forgot to mention: I've attached the >>patch I'm going to commit. Comments on the patch are very welcome! > >This patch just disconnects the majority of the serial drivers from >the build. Whilst I support the aim of making the TTY subsystem >MPSAFE, as I've previously stated, IMO, just disconnecting everything >is not the way forward. I got a syntax error on this email Peter, didn't you mean to write: "Great work Ed, let me send you some patches" A MPSAFE tty subsystem is infinitely more important than any particular non-console tty driver. If FreeBSD should have digi(4) support in the future somebody should spend some quality with the driver, instead of stopping Ed from making much necessary progress. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk_at_FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.Received on Fri Aug 01 2008 - 10:53:23 UTC
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